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Pil 1
Pil 1
Program: LLB
Department: LAW
College: LAW
Institution: PSU
Instructor Name:
Doc. Dr. Enis Omerović
eomerovic@psu.edu.sa
What is international law?
States?
International Organizations?
Individuals?
Non-State actors?
Subjects of international law?
Some degree of international personality?
Rights and duties on the international stage
The contemporary definition of IL is open-ended
The traditional definition was not so accommodating
What is international law?
Traditional rules:
Sovereign states and their relationship in times of peace and war
Non-flexible definition
Other entities?
Other situations and relations?
The scope of international law?
Law of Treaties
Territory
Soil
Airspace
Upper space
Rivers, canals, lakes, international waterways, seas
Seabed
Arctic / Antarctic
States
International Organizations
The scope of international law?
Individuals
Law of the Sea
State Responsibility
State jurisdiction
Human Rights
Judicial Settlement of International Disputes
Use of force
Course description
This course aims at introducing the student to public international law
with its different rules, principles and norms. The student will be trained to
use various legal terms in relation to international law. The course will help
the student apply the theory that we study in class to various case studies.
By the end of the course, the student is expected to know not only the
different approaches to conflict resolution, but also the basic rules in
relation to international humanitarian law, the law of treaties, and the
responsibilities of states among other things.
Public International Law